Friday, February 22, 2013

We have another bookworm in the family!


Brooke has really taken off with her reading the last couple of months. She never wants to stop! Right now she loves Magic Tree House and Junie B. Jones. She looks so grown up!


Emma is Marie Curie


Emma did a report and dressed up as Marie Curie for school. She was awesome!


Tuesday, February 19, 2013

This makes me happy!




"Life by the yard is hard; by the inch it's a cinch. Each of us can be true for just one day--and then one more and then one more after that--until we've lived a lifetime guided by the Spirit, a lifetime close to the Lord, a lifetime of good deeds and righteousness." Thomas S. Monson

Friday, February 8, 2013

Field Trip to the Sacramento Zoo


I got to ride the Cheese Wagon AGAIN this school year on another field trip with Emma's class. We went to the Sacramento Zoo! I was the chaperone for Emma and 4 of her friends. 





They had a LOT of energy and we had a blast exploring!




I feel so blessed that I can go on these field trips with my girls and volunteer in their classrooms once a week. It is very important to me to be involved in their lives!

We had fun, even though a bird did poop on my head (the girls screamed when they saw it!) and it pooped on my jacket, my hand, and our Zoo scavenger hunt clipboard. 


Thursday, January 17, 2013

Our AZ Trip!




Alan's company flew us out to AZ for their yearly company party! My mom watched the kids (THANK YOU!) and we had a great time. First we drove to the Mesa Temple to check it out! It's very unique!


Then we drove to Carefree, AZ where they had the party at a resort called The Boulders. It was one of the coolest placed I've ever seen! The resort had "Casitas" that were made to look like they blend in with the scenery, like they've always been there. When we arrived, the valet took our car and then they drove us to our "Casita" on a golf cart.



We used the fireplace and it was so cozy and nice to fall asleep with it burning. 




The company party was nice. The first part of the night was centered around gambling and alcohol so we felt a little out of place, but there were so many nice people Alan introduced me to. Some of them were very complimentary of Alan and how he makes the websites look "beautiful." I thought that was really cool. 


I liked this ice sculpture of the company logo. And the food and desserts were fantastic! They had a DJ and Alan and I slow danced. We don't do that very often so it was nice.





Checking out of the Resort. 

The next day was Sunday. We had made arrangements to go to the ward of some friends we met when we went on a cruise to Mexico last year. He's a Bishop in Peoria and they have 8 kids. They had us over for lunch after church. 

On the way to church we saw tons of hot air balloons just like this! It was stunning!


It was a wonderful trip but it was over way too quickly! We are very blessed that he has this job and I thank Heavenly Father every day!

 At the airport. 

Saturday, January 12, 2013

Easy Bake Oven


Emma got this awesome Easy bake Oven for Christmas. Here are some of our creations.